Horace Cooper - How Trump is Making Black America Great Again

Advance Praise for
How Trump is Making Black America Great Again

Horace Coopers incisive strategic insights applied to the plight of Black America under President Trump are forceful and timely. The traditional civil rights establishment has found itself increasingly marginalized amidst the Democratic Partys shift away from African Americans as the most favored minority towards illegal immigrants from south of the border. Coopers call for a realignment of political priorities among Black Americans is a clarion call for a new self-Emancipation off the Lefts political plantation.

Sebastian Gorka, Ph.D, Former Strategist to President Trump, Host of AMERICA First

Weve all heard that President Trumps policies are benefitting Black America, but how? Horace Cooper, one of the great constitutional legal minds of our time, has written this brilliant, nuanced, and fact-filled analysis explaining just thathow President Trumps policies benefit Black America and all Americans. Cooper understands the historical and social dynamics that have given rise to some of the crises the black community has experienced and is currently experiencing. His unique insight gives this books thesis a powerful perspective, purpose, and validity.

Janine Turner, Actress, Founder and Co-President of Constituting America, Creator and Voice of God On The Go Minute

I have known my brother Horace Cooper for over thirty years and can attest to his intelligence, integrity, and strong adherence to conservative Christian values. When he advocates conservative social values as a prescription for what ails Black America, hes speaking from personal experience. How Trump is Making Black America Great Again is sure to become a seminal text. It will stand the test of time.

Armstrong Williams CEO, HSH Holdings, Broadcast Television Owner, Host of The Armstrong Williams Show

Horace Cooper makes an elegant and convincing case for how Trumps policies can and have worked for black America. He writes with clarity and unique insight. This is a must read, not only for black Americans concerned with their future, but also for any American who seeks to appreciate the impact of Trumps core economic and social agenda. I have been working with Horace as a guest and a friend for as long as I can remember. And much like the relationship between student and sensei, just when I think I have everything I need to know about the Constitution, he presents me with a new intellectual challenge. When the topic of complicated Constitutional issues come up, he is at the top of my list for on-air booking.

Andrew Wilkow, Political Commentator, Radio Host

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ISBN: 978-1-64293-221-8

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How Trump is Making Black America Great Again:

The Untold Story of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump

2020 by Horace Cooper

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Dedicated to Jay Parker

Contents

Dedication

A s a new Congressional staffer in Washington, D.C., I came to meet a gentleman whose friendship and mentorship would affect me for a lifetime. James A. Jay Parker dedicated his life and career to the pursuit of liberty and lived a life replete with success. He served as an advisor to presidents of the United States. He encouraged and supported conservative jurists. He shaped the minds of intellectual influencers. He exhorted legions of college students to think and act seriously about politics and policy. Parker embodied the importance of personal responsibility and he contributed to his native and adopted hometowns through philanthropy and community service. He sought me and many others out at whatever our stations in life, and continually encouraged us to be exemplars of citizenship, defenders of freedom, and promoters of our great Constitution.

Like many who knew and cherished Jay, I labor to be worthy of his counsel. The consistent theme of his lessons, taught by word and example, was to discern and eschew the nonsense of life. He urged us to ignore petty distractions for our own peace of mind and personal betterment.

Although Jay lost his bout with cancer in the fall of 2015, he combated the physical limitations foisted on him with the same enthusiasm he poured into counseling hundreds of young people around the world to soldier forward for personal reliance and independence.

I miss my regular interactions with Jay. I miss his pedagogy. I miss his infectious laugh. But the one thing I will always possess of his is the power to be wise. This book is a testament to my earnest attempts to live up to his investment in me. It serves as the best earthly dedication I can offer in honor of Jays friendship and guidance, undeserved, yet freely and generously shared throughout my formative adult life and beyond.

Thank you, Jay Parker.

H ow Trump is Making Black America Great Again makes the case that President Trumps conservative economic and social policies are improving the lives of black Americans, especially the lower middle class and working poor. I also wish to convey to readers that Trumps core agenda items, which consist of industry deregulation, tax cuts, and strong immigration policy, have already led to significant gains for African Americansin terms of employment, economic advancement, and improved communitiesand that African Americans have made progress under Trump at a faster pace than the electorate as a whole. While many of Trumps policies are not specifically tailored to African Americans, they are nonetheless a great fit for what Black America needs to advance in the 21st century and beyond.

Although it has been at times difficult to come to terms with, blacks who do not tow the Democratic Party line of liberalism and identity politicswho are politically conservative and who care about the fate of blacks and Americans as a whole, and yet dare to think outside the narrow plantation perspectivehave been viewed by the progressive left as unicorns. Being pro-America, pro-black, and conservative all in one seems like a formula for confusion amid the reigning political consensus within both the black community and the Democratic Party. In fact, white liberals with whom Ive crossed paths over the years see me as a walking contradiction. How in the world could a black man from the deep south (if Texas can be categorized as such) ever end up working for a Texas Republican Congressman for almost twenty years? Dont Republicans actually hate black people? Arent they out to roll back the hard-fought gains that blacks made during the battles for civil rights and equal justice? How on Gods green earth could someone whose own grandfather was denied the right to vote or even purchase property for his business in the state of Texas a mere eighty-five years ago ever advocate for Republican politics? And why on earth would any black man support a controversial figure like President Donald Trump in his own mission to make Black America great again?